Cuspidor.



M. MARAVIC H.

CUSPIDOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4. I916.

Patented June 18, 1916.

MILOS MARAVICI-l', or PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

1 cusrrnon.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J une 13, 1916.

Application filed January 4, 1916. Serial No. 70,296.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILOS MARAVIOH, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cuspidors; and I do hereby declare the f0llowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to an improvement 7 in cuspidors.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and effective construction whereby the container or bowl of the cuspidor is adapted to adjust itself and to retain its contents regardless of any irregular position in which the support or bowl carrier may be turned.

The reference numerals in the following specification refer to like parts in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a broken plan view, embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation, partly broken, of the construction shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view, partly broken, showing the bowl of a cuspidor in upright position and the supports turned sidcwise. 7

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the draw ings, A represents a bowl or container on the exterior of which small trunnions a are suitably secured at opposite points of its diameter. A primary ring B surrounds said bowl and is freely mounted on said trunnions, the shoulders at of whichprevent lateral movement of the said primary ring and maintains a proper clearance between the latter and the bowl so that the primary ring may be turned on the trunnions a to circumscribe the bowl. A secondary outer ring C, having small trunnions c suitably secured thereon at diametrically opposite points, is positioned around the ring B and is mounted on the latter by the trunnions c, on which the shoulders o are formed, being suitably secured thereon at points transverse to those at which the ring B is mounted; the shoulders 0 maintaining a uniform clearance between said rings so that the secondary outer ring C may be turned upon its trunnions to circumscribe the primary ring B. Supports or legs D are suitably secured to the outer secondary ring C. And a flanged top E which tapers inwardly to a central opening 6, which is directly over the bowl A when the structure is standing up right, as shown in Fig. 2, is suitably secured to the upper ends of said supports.

In use, the construction being as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the advantage and usefulness of my invention is that when the cuspidor is forced off its supports, causing it to upset or incline on its side,'if the move- 'ment is in the direction of the line of the diametrical points a, w, as shown in Fig. 3, or 1n any other direction outside of the line of the diametrically opposite points at 0, c,

the primary ring B is free to yield on the trunnions c, c, and the bowl is free to main tain its upright position within primary ring B by reason of the preponderance of bowl between the trunnions a, a, and the bottom of the bowl, allowing the latter to maintain its position or to adjust itself from a position in which its contents would be discharged. If the structure is forced from its supports on a line in the direction of the trunnions c, c, the secondary ring C turns freely on the trunnions a, a, without affecting the equilibrium of the bowl.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a cuspidor, the combination of a con tainer bowl, a primary ring arranged around the exterior of said bowl, means connected to said bowl whereby the latter is carried freely on said primary ring at points diametrically opposite to each other and with a preponderance of said bowl between its bearing points on said primary ring and the bottom of said bowl for the purpose of causing the latter to maintain its proper position, a secondary ring surrounding said primary ring and freely secured thereto at points diametrically opposite to each other and transversely to the points at which said primary ring is secured to the bowl, a tripod support having each leg thereof connected to said secondary ring and Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. 0. 

